Carol Jones Ltd have registered with the Data Protection Act because they store financial information about their customers. In their office is a terminal which anyone can use. There is no password system on this computer terminal. Are they in breach of the act?

Asham Nadir is worried because his bank has turned down his application for a loan because they say he is already due them money. He knows this is wrong because he has never borrowed money from the bank before. What would you suggest he does?

Aardvark Academy is going to start mailing out its school magazine every month. In order to make the job easier they are going to keep all the mailing information on computer so that they can easily print labels for the envelopes. Someone tells them about the Data Protection Act and that they need to register. Is this true?